Named one of the top 500 lawyers in the United States, Thomas Ajamie has successfully represented clients in complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters for more than 20 years. His work includes groundbreaking securities and financial cases, international cross-border litigation, business contract disputes and employment issues. He has traveled the world extensively working on legal matters in countries as diverse as China, Thailand, Indonesia, Switzerland, France, England, Mexico, Bolivia, Argentina and Venezuela. Mr. Ajamie has handled a number of high-profile cases, including representing companies, pension funds and shareholders seeking to recover losses in stock fraud cases, and corporations and officers and directors being sued in securities matters.Mr. Ajamie has been recognized by numerous legal publications and directories, and was recently honored as one of the nation's 500 leading lawyers by Lawdragon, as well as that publication's "100 Lawyers You Need to Know in Securities Litigation." Mr. Ajamie has been named one of Houston's Top Lawyers (H Texas magazine), and has been selected by Texas Super Lawyers as one of the top attorneys in Texas for three years running. The Martindale-Hubbell law directory, which ranks the legal ability of lawyers, gave Mr. Ajamie an AV rating. He is also a life member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, whose membership is limited to attorneys who have won multi-million dollar verdicts, awards and settlements - less than 1% of U.S. attorneys. Mr. Ajamie has appeared on numerous television and radio news programs, including ABC, CNN, CNBC, NPR and BBC World Service. He has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, Financial Times, BusinessWeek, Newsweek and Texas Lawyer, among others. His work on behalf of investors in the Bre-X gold scandal is featured in the book FOOLS' GOLD: THE MAKING OF A GLOBAL MARKET FRAUD, by Brian Hutchinson. A skilled public speaker, Mr. Ajamie is frequently invited to address professional and continuing education groups. He has spoken at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and participated in several prestigious securities and litigation conferences around the nation. The Ajamie Foundation was created by Mr. Ajamie as a way of promoting tolerance and equality among our youth. The foundation offers scholarships to students who display respect and support diversity initiatives in our society, without regard to race, religion, creed, skin color, national or ethnic origin, sex, age, disability or sexual orientation. The foundation currently finances student scholarships at Arizona State University. In addition to his charitable work, Mr. Ajamie is a Patron Council Premier Benefactor of the Sundance Institute, a non-profit organization that supports independent films and theater programs.